Massachusetts

CAMBRIDGE, MASS. — MassHousing has provided $24.7 in financing for Concord Highlands, a six-story, 98-unit affordable housing community in Cambridge. MassHousing provided the borrower, Homeowners Rehab, with an $8.9 million permanent loan, $11.9 million tax credit equity bridge loan and $3.8 million in workforce housing funding. All apartments at the community will be deed-restricted and affordable to low-, moderate- and middle-income households. The project is the largest affordable housing community to be built in Cambridge in 40 years. Ten of the 98 new apartment homes at Concord Highlands will be affordable to households earning 30 percent of the area median income (AMI). Fifty units will be affordable for households earning up to 60 percent AMI. Thirty-eight units will be workforce-housing units, with 21 of the workforce units affordable for households earning up to 80 percent AMI, and 17 workforce housing units for households earning at or below 100 percent AMI. The AMI for Cambridge is $107,800 for a family of four. NEI General Contracting is serving as general contractor for the project. The architect is ICON Architecture.

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NEWTON, MASS. — HFF has secured a $9.8 million acquisition loan for the leasehold interest in the Crowne Plaza Boston Newton, a 270-room hotel in Newton. HFF arranged a long-term, non-recourse loan through UniBank on behalf of the undisclosed borrower. Loan proceeds are being used to both acquire and renovate the hotel. The property is located approximately five miles west of Boston and features a restaurant and bar, indoor pool, fitness facility, on-site parking, room service and 15,000 square feet of meeting and event space.

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SOMERVILLE, MASS. — Cornerstone Realty Capital has secured a $9 million acquisition loan for a 34-unit apartment community in Somerville. The property is located at 625 McGrath Highway, three miles north of Boston. Each unit features granite countertops, stainless steel appliances, a breakfast bar, vinyl plank flooring and a NEST thermostat. Cornerstone Realty Capital represented the borrower, the Micozzi Cos., in securing a fixed-rate financing structure with 12 months of interest-only payments followed by a 30-year amortization schedule. The lender was undisclosed.

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NORWOOD, MASS. — NKF Capital Markets has brokered the $23.5 million sale of Norwood Medical Center in Norwood. Located at 825 Washington St., the 92,400-square-foot facility is anchored by Steward Health Care. Frank Nelson, Michael Greeley, James Tribble and Casey O’Brien of NKF Capital Markets represented the seller, Grander Capital Partners, in the transaction. The buyer was an affiliate of Thor Equities.

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METHUEN, MASS. — Sunshine Retirement Living has broken ground on The Woods at Merrimack, a 140-unit seniors housing community in Methuen, approximately 30 miles north of Boston along the New Hampshire border. The 140,000-square-foot community will sit on 8.7 acres. Locke Mansion, built in 1913 on the site, will be preserved as part of the project. The development is scheduled to open in fall 2019. Partners on the project include Buildable Sites Development LLC and New Hampshire-based JSA Architects Interior Planners. Sunshine operates 20 seniors housing communities throughout the country.

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CAMBRIDGE, MASS. — Nauset Construction has broken ground on St. James Place, a transit-oriented, mixed-use development in the Porter Square neighborhood of Cambridge. Acorn Holdings LLC is developing the project, which is located at 2013 Massachusetts Ave. The development will include 46 condominiums, 2,000 square feet of retail space and a new parish hall for the St. James Episcopal Church. Architectural firm Dumont, Janks, Goldberg, Reed LLC designed the condominium complex.

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BURLINGTON, MASS. — HFF has secured a $30 million refinancing for Blanchard Woods, a three-building office portfolio in Burlington. HFF represented the borrower, Duffy Properties, in securing an 11-year, fixed-rate loan through Nationwide Life Insurance Co. Blanchard Woods is located at 76, 78 and 80 Blanchard Road, approximately 13 miles north of Boston. The portfolio spans 194,421 square feet and is 91 percent leased to 19 tenants, including anchor tenant Cambridge Trust.

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WALTHAM, MASS. — Colliers International has secured $79.8 million in acquisition financing for CenterPoint, a 443,000-square-foot, two-building office campus in Waltham. Located at 41 Seyon Street and 43 Foundry Ave., the property includes lab, office and research and development space. Current tenants include Repligen, Education Development Center and Simpson Gumpertz & Heger. Adam Coppola, Thomas Welch, John Poole and Tonia Jenkins of Colliers secured financing on behalf of borrower Hilco Real Estate through a balance sheet lender.

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BROCKTON, MASS.— New England Development has signed Planet Fitness and Burlington to Westgate Mall in Brockton, a city 25 miles south of Boston. Burlington will open a 43,000-square-foot location store at the mall, creating 50 to 100 new jobs. Planet Fitness typically operates 20,000-square-foot clubs, according to the company’ s website. Both tenants are scheduled to open at the mall this month. The new retailers join recently opened stores such as Chipotle Mexican Grill, Staples, Verizon and XFINITY Store by Comcast. Additional tenants at Westgate Mall include Sears, Best Buy, Bath & Body Works, Famous Footwear, Old Navy, Victoria’s Secret, Buffalo Wild Wings and IHOP.  

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NORWOOD, MASS. — Thor Equities has acquired the Norwood Medical Center, a three-story, 92,000-square-foot medical office building in Norwood for $23.5 million. The seller was undisclosed but was reported by various media outlets as Grander Capital Partners. Located at 825 Washington St., the 4.7-acre property is currently 95 percent occupied by a tenant roster that includes Steward Health Care and Quest Diagnostics. The facility serves as the primary medical office and outpatient services complex for Steward Norwood Hospital located directly across the street.

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